Mattress-guard.



Patented Jan..19,1915.

INVENTEIH.

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Specifica i n Letter lat n Patented Jan. 19,1915.

Application filed February 19, 1 91 2. Serial No. 678,663.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HOMER EoKnRsoN, a citizenof the United States, residing at Mechanicsville, county of Saratoga,and State of New York, haveinvented certain newand useful Improvementsin Mattress-Guards, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements and consists of the novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described andsubsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the referencecharacters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.bimilar characters refer to similar parts in the several figurestherein.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a view in perspective of a spring-frameshowing a mattress held thereon by means of my improved guards. Fig. 2is a view in perspective of one of the guards detached. Fig. 3 is averticalcross-section taken transversely of one of the ends of thespring-frame showing the mattress-guard in upright position. Fig. 4 is asimilar view showing the guard in folded position.

The principal object of the invention is to hold a mattress fromdisplacement on a spring-frame as in a bed or cot, without addingmaterially to the bulk of the device in shipment.

Another object of the invention is to adapt the device, consisting ofthe spring-frame and guard, for shipment without the mattress, in such amanner that the guard does not add materially to the bulk of thespringframe.

In carrying out my invention, I provide at the opposite ends of aspring-frame a folding guard adapted to engage the sides as well as theends of the mattress adjacent to its corners, whereby the mattress isheld from displacement in all directions horizontally.

Referring to the drawings wherein the invention is shown in preferredform, 1, is the spring-frame having the end-pieces, 2, shown formed ofangle-irons, upon which frame is stretched the spring, 3. The mattress,4, shown made in two sections, is adapted to rest upon the springslightly overhanging the end-pieces, 2

At each end of the spring-frame I provide a U-shaped guard, 5, adaptedto receive the neighboring end of the mattress,

the ends or wings, 6,0f the guard being adapted to embrace the sides ofthe mattress adjacent to its corners. The guard is foldably mounted uponthe end piece, 2, of the frame'by means of a plurality of 'uprights, 7,having attenuated offsets, 8, adapted respectively to occupy apertures,9, in the horizontal flange of the end-piece, 2, and when the guard issupported in an upright position as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, to bear attheir ends against the under side of the end-piece to form a resistanceor stop to limit the outward movement of the guard and to enable it toresist the thrust of an endwise movement of the mattress. The at- I irnns'ratrus rarunr own. 1

some. EcKEnsom or MEQHANIGSVILLE, YORK. essteuon To ECKERSON BED-tenuated portions, 8, of the upright, 7 are so formed that they can bemoved through the apertures, 9, to permit the guard to fold over uponand against the spring-frame as shown in Fig. 4:, for convenience inshippmg.

When the guard is folded over upon the spring-frame the body of theguard rests flatly upon the spring and its wings, 6, cmbrace the sidesof the spring and come within the dimensions of the spring-frame, sothat the guard addspractically nothing to the bulk of the package forshipment.

The uprights are of such length that the guard is supported at a pointmidway of the height of the mattress, so that if the mattress andspring-frame are shipped together, the guard may be left in its uprightposition without adding to the bulk of the package.

In Figs. 3 and f, the attenuated portions, 8, of the uprights, 7, areshown with heads, 10, formed thereon sufficiently large to pre venttheir withdrawal through their re spective apertures, 9. Said heads may,however, be omitted, permitting the guard to be removed from the end ofthe springframe, if desired. 1 i

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. Thecombination with a frame having a mattresssupporting spring; of aU-shaped guard foldably mounted upon the frame foldable on top of thespring and adapted in raised position to embrace the sides of themattress at its end and in folded position to extend down on oppositesides of said spring.

2. The combination with a mattress-sup porting frame provided withapertures in its end; of a guard adapted to engage an no end of themattress; and guard-supporting uprights having attenuated offset endsmovable Within the respective apertures in said frame to permit theguard to be folded over upon the frame, and adapted to engage the underside of the frame to limit the outward movement of said guard.

3. The combination With a mattress-supporting frame provided withapertures in its end; of a guard adapted to engage an end of themattress; and guard-supporting uprights having attenuated offset endsmovable Within the respective apertures in said frame to permit theguard to be folded over upon the frame and adapted to engage the 5 underside of the frame to limit the outward movement of said guard, saidattenuated portions having heads thereon to prevent their Withdrawalthrough said-apertures.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 20 set my hand this 15th day ofFebruary, 1912.

HOMER ECKERSON.

WVitnesses:

WM. L. HOWLAND, ELLA M. HICKEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

